Standing along
the worn path for years.
Waiting for you
trying not to succumb to my fears.
But it's been far too long ...
It seems like yesterday
when you just disappeared like smoke.
And you left me that message
tied to an oak.
I will return ...
Decades of heartbreak
my hair turning gray.
When I got the message
there was a slight delay.
So I stood and waited ...
How could I
have trusted you?
You betrayed me
you knew what you could do.
You were another's lover ...
Slowly I bent down
to pick a wilted flower.
It was at the same spot we first met
the very same hour.
It was dying ...
Bent over and broken
petals dry.
I wondered if it was possible
for flowers to cry.
Author notes
Option 13, http://darkest-hour.deviantart.com/art/I-will-Return-142060700
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Great ending line. That really added what the poem needed for closure. This piece was sad, and I have felt that twang in my heart when the knowledge you have been played hits home. Excellent write and thank you for sharing!
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very nice take on the prompt mandee
good luck
claire
Decades of heartbreak
my hair turning gray.
When I got the message
there was a slight delay.
So I stood and waited ...
XD
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Thanks clairy.
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